St. Landry democrat., 1887-12-24

! The New Orleans Cotton WeTld SAYS: The
details of the overland shipments of cotton
direct to mills across the Ohio, Mississippi
and Potomac rivers indicate a movement
| commensurate with the remarkably rapid
movement of the crop to the seabOard. The
direct shipments by rail during November
have never been exceeded in volume during
any one month. The net movement for No
vember was 255, COZ bales, against l57, ,021 last
year and 167, ,O75 the year before. The total
/ overland movement for the quarter is, in
round figures, 124 600 bales larger than last
year and 4,OOO greater than the preceding
season. This brings the total amount of
cotton appearing at the seaboard and points
/ of crossing on the Ohio, Mississippi and Po-
! tomac rivers for the first quarter Of the year
/ to 3,593,67S, an excess over last season of
! 5000 bales
| Henry S. Ives was In Chicago recently,
and, it is said, admitted that the United
States court at Indianapolis had issued an
order restraining President Mexican, of the
Terre Haute and indianapolis Railroad Com
! pany, from disposing of the stock of that
, company which was held as collateral to Sc
cure the payment Of $500, 900 given by him.
1t was alleged that the note he had given was
signed by him as trustee, and Mr.. Ives said
that he simply acted as trustee in the trans
action, and therefore, signed in his official
capacity.
A telegram from Ottawa Ontario, says it
is learned that three tenders were received
tor the ocean mail contract, the companies
being the Allan Line, the Canada Atlantic
Steamship Company and Anderson & Co.,
OF London, England. The last named is
SAID to be receiving the support Of the Cana
dian Pacific railway.
telegram from Montgomery, Ala, says
heavy rains during the last few days have
caused a rapid rise in the Alabama river.
The railroad bridge of the Louisville and
Nashville road four miles north of Mont
gomery, has for some weeks been undergo
ing process of rebuilding. Recently the
draw span was swept away by driftwoOd,
breaking down the false work underneath.
Trans are compelled u transfer oy ouat
carpenter employed on the bridge, who was
trying to break the force of the driftwood,
was swept off and drowned.
The carriage at Waddell's shaft, near
Wllkesbarre, Pa, used for hOisting COAL was
lowered into the pit, 800 feet deep, recently,
with ten miners upon it. When within 100
feet of the bottom the carriage became sta
tionary and the rope began to slacken. Be
fore the engineer could take up the slack the
carriage suddenly descended, throwing four
Of the men off, who fell to the bottom Of the
pit. James, John and Hugh Monaghan
were killed, and William Boyd and John
Blight fatally injured. Charles COnyngham
and John Lloyd were also badly hurt and
the others bruised and cut about the body.
At Reading, Pa, tank of the Con-
sumers' Gas Company, containing 100000
gallons of naphtha oil and buried partially
in the ground, sprang leak and about 1900
gallons of the oil oozed into the cellars of
neighboring houses. At night Howard and
Annie Walk, aged respectively nine and six
years went into the cellar of their fathers
house with lighted candle, and an explo-
sion followed. Both children were terribly
burned, their father was badly cut with
glass, and the house and adjoining dwelling
were partially wrecked.
In consequence of the preparations for the
conservation of the church edifce the eight
o'clock mass at the Church of the Immac,l-
late Conception few mornings ago, in New
York, was solemnized in the chapel adioin-
ing AS the five or six hundred persons in
attendance were leaving the chapel at the
conclusion of the service a fifteen-foot pillar
supporting the roof gave way. Several per-
sons were injured, but none severely. 1t is
supposed that the unusual crowding of the
chapel caused depression in the floor, so
loosening the Pillar that it fell out
TIE case of the Brush Electric Light Com
pany, of Cleveland, against the Fort Wayne
Jenney Electric Light Company, was con-
cluded in the Federal Court, in indianapolis,
Ind, recently, and held under advisement
The issue is based upon patent No. 3l2, 1874,
issued to c. F. Brush for a difterential or
series arc lamp. 1t is claimed that this was
the first invention in what is known as series
arc Lighting and that the defendants have
used an arc lamp embodying the principle
A boarder at the Stevens House in New
York, who had registered as John Blyn,'
was found dead in his room day or two
ago, having taken laudanum. A letter in his
pocket read my dead life is due to my
father, who has brought ruin ON all of u.s.
He resides at Pyrmont, Surrey, England
May God never allow me to meet him again.
| have loved my mother. E. F. Selte.'
The deceased was about thirty-five years of
age.
The Arensdorf jury, in Sioux City, Ia, has
returned a verdict of not guilty.
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